Hampden Sydney College - Kaleidoscope Yearbook (Hampden Sydney, VA)

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Sketch of Prof. james Riddle Thornton HOF. JAMES H. TIIORXTON was l1111'11 i11 Fa1'111villc, 1'1'i11C'0 Edwalml fllblllllf, Yi1'gi11i11. 1111 thc- 221l 1l11y of TRl'lll'llill'.V, IH14, lllf' 54111 111' .l11h11 T. Th111'11t1111 illlll AT2ll'lll:l lli1l1ll1-. Ilis g1'11111lf11tl11-1', llillll. XVIII. M. Th1'11'11t1111, 111' 4f'11111l11-1'l11111l C111111ty, Vir- ginia, was il 111-11s111-1'1111s 'l:Zll'lll1'l' Zllltl il g1111tl1-1111111 111' tl11- 11l1l 41'llll4ll. vlrflllll T. T11l,l1'lltll1l, li2lTl16'l' uf th1- Slll1.ll'l'f nf this slit-t1-11, was 1111 Rllll111l1ll4 uf II111111'11l1-11- Sitllllty. 21 g'l'2l1lllilfl' ill law of th1- l'11i1'1-rsity of XYll'Qllllll. il g11'11tl1-111a11 of great ahility and st11i11l1-ss lif1-, 1vl111s1- C1111-1-1' uf l11'illi11111'.v 1-1111111 t11 11 1-lose 1111 the ill- fated Htlltl of Sl1:11'11sl1111'g. ill Sl'llfi'llll1ltl', 1Hli2. The S1111 i11l11-1'it1-1,l Tllll tale-nts of the f2lTl1vl', 11111l i11 11ll his i111-11111i11g's Zlllll 1111tg11i11gs th1'-1'1- has lu,-1-11 ill11St1'atc1l the 111-1-11111l1lish1111-111s of the sc-l111l111', illlll th1- 1-l1111'111,-t1-1- 111' thc l'l11'isti1111 gentle- 111311. E1l11c11t1-1l 11t llllllll' 1-1-l11111ls, illlll 1-11t1-1'i11g c-1'1ll1-go at 1111 6'ill'lf' ago, he was first h1111111' 1111111 of the illass Ill: 1571. F111' 11-111's h1- has 11111's111-1l th1- 1'1'1cati1111 of il t1-1111111-1', having Tilllglllf i11 Billlllllfl1'f', llit-l111111111l, 111-oft-HS111' of Latin at CE'l1f1'2ll l'11i1'121'sit'v 111' liL'11TllL'l-CY. Hllfl l11-111,l11111sr1-1' 11f l'J1'llll'C' T4:4lXVil1'fl .XC-a1l1-111j' at W111-sl111111, Va. ll1-1-1111S1- 11f his 1l1-1'11ti1111 111 his 11711111 lllllll'I'. 111- has 1l1-1'li111-1l C'l1Rll'S ill K1-11- lllC'li'V. 3llssi4si11l1i. Zlllll NV1-st X'll'Qllllll, Slllll l11- has 1-1111111l1-1l 11111 his ll5l'flll lift- 1 1111111l1-ti11g' 11 t1-1'111 of t11'1-11ty-1i1'1- yt-a1's as 111'11t'1-QS111' 111' 111111111-11111ti1-s 11t ll11111111l1-11- Si1l111-y, ill 1'1-1,-11g'11iti1111 111' XVllll'll h1111111'11l1l1- S1-1'1'i1-1-s h1- was l1l't'SL'1lll'll with il l111'i11g' 1-1111 l1,1' tl11- Hflltllqlls 1111 th1-i1' 111111 i11iti11ti1'Q. The f11llllXYl1lg' ll1lIll'K'S4iX'4' 111'1'111111t 111' this l11-1111tif11l 11111l 1111111-1'1111'i11te inci- 1le11t 111'1-111'1'1-1l sh111'tly 11ft1-1'w111'1l ill tl11- 1-1lit111'i11l 1-11l1111111s 111' the F111'111Ville H1f1'11l1I. lilo i11s1'-1't the l'1llflll'.S 1v1'11'1l4, V1-1'l111ti111: Pt-1'l11111s llll' 11111st l11-1111tif11l 'l:P11flll'C 111' lllfl 1'1-01-11t 1-1111111101101'-1111-11t at Hamp- llPll-Si1llll'.X'T1l 1-11111,1111-1101-1111-111 1111-111111'11l1l1- i11 ll1illl'V 1v11ys-11'11Q 11111- which h:11l 111'1t l11-1-11 put 1l11w11 1111 the- 111'11gl'illll. lt was flll' Ill'f'5UllTilTllll1 111' il sil1'1-1' l111'i11g ull lil' fllf' Sfllllvllf l1111l.V to Prof. .l111111-4 ll. rlllllllvllirllll, of tl11- 1-l111i1' of Mathc- 11111ti1-s, i11 grate-f11l 0111111111-111111'11ti1111 111' tl11- 1-1111111l1-ti1111 of tw1,-11ty-fi1'1- years of 1listi11g11isl11-1l s1-1'1'i1-1- i11 1-1111111-1-ti1111 with his Illlllll 111111:-1'. No 1111111 en-1' 1l1-s1-1'1'1-1,l such t1'il111t1'- 1111111-. 111' 9Xl1l'I'f1i'1l it le-ss. And 1111 1111111 of 11111' 11c-1111ai11tz111c'1- has, th1'1,111g'l1 so long 11 111-1'i111'l. l1-ft Q11 1l1-1-11 1111 i111I'11'f-ss lllilfilll the st111l1-nts, 111' S1-t l'1cf111'o them l1ig'h1-1' i1le11ls 11f 1,l11ty 111- of 1-h111'11cte1' than has .l11111es R. Tl11'11'11ton. 10

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